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pence
, penny
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Penny
- (n.) See Denarius.
- (a.) Denoting pound weight for one thousand; -- used in combination, with respect to nails; as, tenpenny nails, nails of which one thousand weight ten pounds.
- (n.) An English coin, formerly of copper, now of bronze, the twelfth part of an English shilling in account value, and equal to four farthings, or about two cents; -- usually indicated by the abbreviation d. (the initial of denarius).
- (a.) Worth or costing one penny.
- (n.) Any small sum or coin; a groat; a stiver.
- (n.) Money, in general; as, to turn an honest penny.
Synonyms:
Cent, Centime,
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• Pennyweight
- (n.) A troy weight containing twenty-four grains, or the twentieth part of an ounce; as, a pennyweight of gold or of arsenic. It was anciently the weight of a silver penny, whence the name.
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